A scientific tool for those lacking a voice, a means for encrypting voices during WWII and a way to drop the funk, the vocoder has had many exhale its praises. Here are five essential vocoder tracks.

When Arturia announced the MicroFreak in January of 2019 I said “there's nothing stopping Arturia from adding more oscillators down the road through firmware updates.” And the company has not ...

A DIY soundboard is easy to understand when you see it in action. It's like a grid of buttons or hotkeys that play short audio clips when pressed.

French electronics company Arturia, which is mostly known for its electronic music equipment, has announced that its MicroFreak has been updated with a vocoder function and a new white makeover. A ...

Last year Floating Points, aka electronic producer Sam Shepherd, teamed with free jazz icon Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra on Promises, a staggering, emotionally charged work that ...

Last year Floating Points collaborated with Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra on Promises, one of The FADER's favorite albums of 2021. Today Sam Shepherd returns with new solo material ...